Originally Posted by
mickeycrimm
Originally Posted by
redietz
You have to also know that, after 45 years of doing this professionally and doing this from the age of 13, I have never exaggerated or misreported any results. I don't have the fairy tale option of bopping around the country solo with partial reportage of results nobody else experiences with me. That kind of private masturbation is not something available to me. I actually have nowhere to hide when I lose.
Since you don't have the option of fairy tale reportage of results perhaps you could finish reporting on the item below. It's been almost 3 months since you posted this and you never followed up. So why didn't you follow up? Don't like reporting bad results?
Redietz made the following post on Nov 25, 2024 in the Smart Money thread?
"To give people a sense of what's "normal" ATS, I'm in a forced-choice competition at Youwager.lv. You must pick six NFL games ATS each week. Currently, I'm 39-32-1 ATS. That puts me 77th out of 822 contestants heading into tonight's game."
Why do you think redietz never gave his final results in this contest?
Probably because what I reported wasn't very significant and there was no reason to report it. I didn't have to report the 39-32 ATS, either. I called it "normal" in the quote above. I'm not even sure I bothered to fill out the card the final week, as I was eliminated from cashing. The top 10 in the contest did very, very well, actually had the best records I have ever seen in this particular contest.
I also didn't report my "tied for 25th" finish in the Heritage Sports Race to the Super Bowl this year versus a couple thousand people. Why not? It wasn't very significant. So mickey, should I wax eloquent on my "tied-for-25th" finish now? Frankly, I think I sucked. I know there were a couple thousand entries, but I should have done better than that.
But thanks for giving me an opportunity to mention the Race to the Super Bowl finish. I finished tied for 25th, which was the bottom of the cashing barrel. I had 146 points. Winners had 154. Each win counted as one point. I really did suck, regardless of finishing 25th out of all those people.
People with accounts at Heritage can look up the results themselves. Go ahead and look it up. Hit the "Contest Central" link at the bottom, then the "Race to the Super Bowl" button. No mysterious handle -- I'm listed as "redietz."
I'll do better next season.
Mickey, were there any other contests I failed to mention? Thanks for keeping tabs. I should hire you as my agent.
LOL. God, you are a gift. I completely forgot about the 25th place finish out of a couple thousand.
P.S. Mickey, you do realize I actually won money betting all but three weeks this season? And this is what you come up with to criticize me? I did not like this season -- have made much more money other seasons, but I managed to grind out a little bit of money most weeks and had a couple of half-decent weeks. Relied too much on teasers with the back half of wagers being the NFL. But all is well that ends well. I don't think I've ever felt less pride from a season. I really did not like it. All of the reliance on back-half teasers in the NFL and all the hedging made it distasteful for me. But I'll take it. Hobos can't be choosers.